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5 Dollars Mercantile Bank

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Issuer Hong Kong (China)
Issuing bank Mercantile Bank of India
King George V (1910-1936)
George VI (1936-1952)
Type Standard circulation banknotes
Years 1912-1941
Value 5 Dollars
5 HKD = USD 0.64
Currency Dollar (1863-date)
Composition Paper
Shape Rectangular
Issued 1912
Number
N#
557098
References P# 235
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

Obverse

Pagoda, houses and junks

Script: Latin

Lettering:
伍員
The Mercantile Bank of India Limited
Promise to pay the Bearer on Demand at its Office here
Five Dollars value recieved
or the equivalent in the Currency of the Island
By Order of the Board of Directors Hong Kong
Five

Translation: Five Yuan

Reverse

Mercury

Lettering:
Five Dollars
伍員
The Mercantile Bank of India Limited

Translation: Five yuan

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC References
1912-Mar-01  P# 235a
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).
1924-May-01  P# 235b
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).
1930-Jan-01  P# 235b
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).
1936-Jul-01  P# 235c
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).
1937-Dec-01  P# 235c
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).
1941-Nov-29  P# 235d
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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